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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Road Walker who wrote (386048)5/23/2008 8:15:56 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 1576973
 
JF, > It's the government deciding the goal, not the technology. Come on Ten don't be coy, you know the difference.

You're not making any sense. Technology shouldn't be a goal in itself. Rather, it should be the means to the goal.

If the goal is less fuel consumption, taxing gas is the most effective way of convincing people to conserve. After that, you let citizens decide on their own what technologies or conservation strategies work best for them.

If you want government to tax sales or registration of fuel-inefficient vehicles, all you're doing is coercing people into different technologies, but there will be absolutely no incentive to take mass transit, carpool, live closer to work, telecommute, etc. People may even feel compelled to drive more. Just one example of an unintended consequence offsetting the benefits of new technology.

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